WEST ORANGE, NJ — Municipal engineer Leonard Lepore announced at the July 16 West Orange Pedestrian Safety Advisory Board meeting that the Main Street road diet will include lane, striping and parking changes to slow down traffic and increase road safety in the township. The project, which spans from Park Avenue to Tory Corner on […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Mayor Tony Vauss lauded recreation department Director Donald Malloy during his inauguration speech on Sunday, July 1, then put him back to work organizing the township’s schedule of summer programs for residents. “This is one of our great busy times, which is our recreation department’s biggest summer activity programs,” said Malloy on […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The West Orange Arts Council is hosting pop-up exhibits at the gallery on Valley Road in West Orange for the summer, hosting small shows to showcase the work of local artists for a month at a time. The second of the three shows is hanging on the gallery’s walls now, and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Frustration and anger abounded as concerned community members demanded answers on the reassignment of key administrative positions within the school district, specifically Columbia High School Principal Elizabeth Aaron, at the July 16 Board of Education meeting. In a June 30 letter, interim Superintendent of Schools Thomas Ficarra announced that the South Orange-Maplewood […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange City Council 5th Ward members Alicia Holman and Mustafa Brent joined forces with the owners of the Urban Cyclery Shop bicycle store on Central Avenue, East Orange and the Historical Society of East Orange to organize the All Ward Tour on Saturday, June 30. The All Ward Tour began […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — After nearly two years, the new executive director and members of the board of commissioners for the Newark Housing Authority decided early this year that they would make every effort to revive a former annual event meant to benefit high school students in need of financial support so they can pursue […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Township Administrator Matthew Watkins has confirmed that a $1.6 million lawsuit settlement has been reached between all parties and a motorist involved in a 2012 traffic stop with Bloomfield police officers. The incident involved Bloomfield resident Marcus Jeter who, according to court papers, was punched and taken from his car on the Garden […]
MONTCLAIR, NJ — More than 100 young performers will be taking the stage at Montclair State University’s Memorial Auditorium on July 27 and 28 as the Paper Mill Playhouse puts on its annual “New Voices” concert, the culmination of the theater’s Summer Musical Theater Conservatory. The show has a new theme each year, and this […]
IRVINGTON, NJ — Mayor Tony Vauss appointed Deputy Public Safety Director John Brown to serve as his new Office of Emergency Management coordinator during his swearing-in ceremony on Sunday, July 1, at Christian Pentecostal Church on Clinton Avenue. Both Vauss and Public Safety Director Tracy Bowers said Brown’s new job won’t preclude him from continuing […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Springfield Avenue 7-Eleven reopened July 10, after being closed by the Maplewood Health Department for violations of the township’s health code July 6, and is now operating with a “conditionally satisfactory” designation. One of three 7-Eleven locations in Maplewood, the Springfield Avenue location, near Tuscan Road, was closed because of a […]